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A martyrium or martyrion, sometimes anglicized martyry, is a church or shrine built over the tomb of a Christian martyr. It is associated with a specific architectural form, centered on a central elem
The largely 5th-century interior of Santo Stefano Rotondo in Rome
Santo Stefano al Monte Celio
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The Basilica of St. Stephen in the Round on the Caelian Hill is an ancient basilica and titular church in Rome, Italy. Commonly named Santo Stefano Rotondo, the church is Hungary's "national church" i
Martyrium
…A building with three apses over the Catacomb of Callixtus in Rome Santo Stefano Rotondo, Rome, late 5th century Basilica of San Lorenzo, Milan, perhaps 4th century, although the oldest part of the church now evident is an adjoining Imperial…
Santo Stefano Rotondo in a painting by Ettore Roesler Franz in the 19th century.
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Santo Stefano Rotondo is the oldest example of a centrally planned church in Rome.
Santo Stefano Rotondo in a late 19th-century print